Author: Craig Yoe Publisher: Arcadia Publishing ISBN: 1467198137 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 96
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Bursting with laugh-out-loud jokes and fun facts, LOL Jokes: New York City combines the best of humor and history for young readers! Inspired by all the wonderful sights, sounds, and . . . smells of the Big Apple, this local joke book delivers kid-friendly punchlines that will have readers laughing 'til they cry! Alongside hilarious jokes and puns are fascinating facts, goofy tidbits of local history, and engaging graphics that will keep readers chuckling and sharing with friends. LOL Jokes: New York City is sure to deliver hours of knee-slapping entertainment. What's the best borough to go to the bathroom? Flushing! Fun Factoid: TP or not TP?! Toilet paper was invented by Joseph Gayetty in New York City!
Author: Ken Jennings Publisher: Scribner ISBN: 1501100602 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 336
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A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year The witty and exuberant New York Times bestselling author and record-setting Jeopardy! champion Ken Jennings relays the history of humor in “lively, insightful, and crawling with goofy factlings,” (Maria Semple, author of Where’d You Go Bernadette)—from fart jokes on clay Sumerian tablets to the latest Twitter gags and Facebook memes. Where once society’s most coveted trait might have been strength or intelligence or honor, today, in a clear sign of evolution sliding off the trails, it is being funny. Yes, funniness. Consider: Super Bowl commercials don’t try to sell you anymore; they try to make you laugh. Airline safety tutorials—those terrifying laminated cards about the possibilities of fire, explosion, depressurization, and drowning—have been replaced by joke-filled videos with multimillion-dollar budgets and dance routines. Thanks to social media, we now have a whole Twitterverse of amateur comedians riffing around the world at all hours of the day—and many of them even get popular enough online to go pro and take over TV. In his “smartly structured, soundly argued, and yes—pretty darn funny” (Booklist, starred review) Planet Funny, Ken Jennings explores this brave new comedic world and what it means—or doesn’t—to be funny in it now. Tracing the evolution of humor from the caveman days to the bawdy middle-class antics of Chaucer to Monty Python’s game-changing silliness to the fast-paced meta-humor of The Simpsons, Jennings explains how we built our humor-saturated modern age, where lots of us get our news from comedy shows and a comic figure can even be elected President of the United States purely on showmanship. “Fascinating, entertaining and—I’m being dead serious here—important” (A.J. Jacobs, author of The Year of Living Biblically), Planet Funny is a full taxonomy of what spawned and defines the modern sense of humor.
Author: Delia Chiaro Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 135137995X Category : Language Arts & Disciplines Languages : en Pages : 245
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In this accessible book, Delia Chiaro provides a fresh overview of the language of jokes in a globalized and digitalized world. The book shows how, while on the one hand the lingua-cultural nuts and bolts of jokes have remained unchanged over time, on the other, the time-space compression brought about by modern technology has generated new settings and new ways of joking and playing with language. The Language of Jokes in the Digital Age covers a wide range of settings from social networks, e-mails and memes, to more traditional fields of film and TV (especially sitcoms and game shows) and advertising. Chiaro’s consideration of the increasingly virtual context of jokes delights with both up-to-date examples and frequent reference to the most central theories of comedy. This lively book will be essential reading for any student or researcher working in the area of language and humour and will be of interest to those in language and media and sociolinguistics.
Author: Craig Yoe Publisher: Arcadia Publishing ISBN: 1467198439 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 96
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Bursting with laugh-out-loud jokes and fun facts, LOL Jokes: Portland combines the best of humor and history for young readers! Inspired by all the wonderful sights, sounds, and . . . smells of the City of Roses, this local joke book delivers kid-friendly punchlines that will have readers laughing 'til they cry! Alongside hilarious jokes and puns are fascinating facts, goofy tidbits of local history, and engaging graphics that will keep readers chuckling and sharing with friends. LOL Jokes: Portland is sure to deliver hours of knee-slapping entertainment. What building in Portland has the most STORIES? Powell's Books! Fun Factoid: In 1842, the founders of Portland disagreed on what the city should be called. One proposed Boston, Oregon, the other came up with Portland, Oregon. Amazing, but true: the name was decided by the toss of a coin! And I guess you know which one won!
Author: Bob Phillips Publisher: Harvest House Publishers ISBN: 0736948376 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 115
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The next time a child proclaims "I'm bored!" the doctor of funny, Bob Phillips, will knock their socks off with this grand collection of jokes. When a family faces a break from school, a long trip, a rainy day, or any situation when a full-on case of "mundane complain" is kicking in, this is the only way to send joy from kids' toes through their souls. Knock, Knock Who's there? Boo Boo who? No need to cry from boredom, just get the new Bob Phillips knock-knock joke collection! This gathering of good, clean jokes and family fun is the book to add to all libraries, churches, and home collections of happiness material.
Author: Craig Yoe Publisher: Arcadia Publishing ISBN: 146719817X Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 96
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Bursting with laugh-out-loud jokes and fun facts, LOL Jokes: Cleveland combines the best of humor and history for young readers Inspired by all the wonderful sights, sounds, and . . . smells of the CLE, this local joke book delivers kid-friendly punchlines that will have readers laughing 'til they cry Alongside hilarious jokes and puns are fascinating facts, goofy tidbits of local history, and engaging graphics that will keep readers chuckling and sharing with friends. LOL Jokes: Cleveland is sure to deliver hours of knee-slapping entertainment. Why didn't the potato chip trust the sandwich? Because the sandwich was full of baloney Fun Factoid: The first potato chip factory in the world was built in Cleveland by farmer William Tappendon, in 1895
Author: Craig Yoe Publisher: Arcadia Publishing ISBN: 1439671788 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 97
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Bursting with laugh-out-loud jokes and fun facts, LOL Jokes: Los Angeles combines the best of humor and history for young readers! Inspired by all the wonderful sights, sounds, and . . . smells of the City of Angels, this local joke book delivers kid-friendly punchlines that will have readers laughing 'til they cry! Alongside hilarious jokes and puns are fascinating facts, goofy tidbits of local history, and engaging graphics that will keep readers chuckling and sharing with friends. LOL Jokes: Los Angeles is sure to deliver hours of knee-slapping entertainment. What L.A plant fits in your hand? A palm tree! Fun Factoid: The iconic Los Angeles palm tree is actually a native of India or Southeast Africa.
Author: Craig Yoe Publisher: Arcadia Publishing ISBN: 1467198153 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 96
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Bursting with laugh-out-loud jokes and fun facts, LOL Jokes: Pittsburgh combines the best of humor and history for young readers Inspired by all the wonderful sights, sounds, and . . . smells of the Steel City, this local joke book delivers kid-friendly punchlines that will have readers laughing 'til they cry Alongside hilarious jokes and puns are fascinating facts, goofy tidbits of local history, and engaging graphics that will keep readers chuckling and sharing with friends. LOL Jokes: Pittsburgh is sure to deliver hours of knee-slapping entertainment. What did the Pittsburgh Steeler say to the football? Catch ya later Fun factoid: In 1892, the first professional football game was played in Pittsburgh between the Allegheny Athletic Association and the Pittsburgh Athletic Club. (Allegheny won )
Author: Rob Elliott Publisher: Baker Books ISBN: 144124302X Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 126
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Kids can't get enough of laughter--so they can't get enough of Rob Elliot's hilarious joke books! Knock-Knock Jokes for Kids is an all-new collection of knock-knock jokes that will have kids and kids-at-heart rolling in the aisles. Jokes like Knock knock. Who's there? Ben. Ben who? Ben away for a while but I'm back now With more than 2 million copies sold of his first book, Laugh-Out-Loud Jokes for Kids, it's clear that kids (and their adults) are looking for clean, lighthearted humor--and Rob Elliott delivers.
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